1978 Georgia Bulldogs football team

The 1978 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the Georgia Bulldogs of the University of Georgia during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season.

1978 Georgia Bulldogs football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 15
APNo. 16
1978 record9–2–1 (5–0-1 SEC)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorErk Russell (15th season)
Home stadiumSanford Stadium (59,200)
1978 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 1 Alabama $ 6 0 0  11 1 0
No. 16 Georgia 5 0 1  9 2 1
Auburn 3 2 1  6 4 1
LSU 3 3 0  8 4 0
Tennessee 3 3 0  5 5 1
Florida 3 3 0  4 7 0
Mississippi State 2 4 0  6 5 0
Ole Miss 2 4 0  5 6 0
Kentucky 2 4 0  4 6 1
Vanderbilt 0 6 0  2 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 16Baylor*ABCW 16–1443,000
September 23Clemson*
  • Sanford Stadium
  • Athens, GA (rivalry)
W 12–060,000
September 30at South Carolina*No. 19L 10–2756,514
October 7Ole Miss
  • Sanford Stadium
  • Athens, GA
W 42–358,800
October 4at No. 11 LSUW 24–1777,158
October 21VanderbiltNo. 18
  • Sanford Stadium
  • Athens, GA (rivalry)
W 31–1053,800
October 28at KentuckyNo. 16W 17–1656,918
November 4VMI*No. 13
  • Sanford Stadium
  • Athens, GA
W 41–350,200
November 11vs. FloridaNo. 11W 24–2268,232
November 18at AuburnNo. 8T 22–2264,761
December 2Georgia Tech*No. 11
ABCW 29–2859,700
December 31vs. Stanford*No. 11MizlouL 22–2534,084
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1978 Georgia Bulldogs football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB Amp Arnold
QB Buck Belue Fr
OL Matt Braswell
OL Ray Donaldson
OL Mack Guest
TE Mark Hodge
OL Nate Hudson
RB Steve Kelly
RB 36 Willie McClendon Sr
RB Donnie McMickens
OL Jim Milo
TE Ulysses Norris
WR Carmon Prince
QB Jeff Pyburn
WR Jay Russell
QB Davy Sawyer
WR 24 Lindsay Scott Fr
RB Matt Simon
RB Ronnie Stewart
WR Gene Veal
RB Jimmy Womack
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB Pat Collins
LB Steve Dennis
DL Louis Freedman
DL Robert Goodwin
DB Robert Hope
DB Bob Kelly
LB Ricky McBride
DL Paul Petrisko
LB Danny Rodgers
DL Gordon Terry
DB Scott Woerner
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K Rex Robinson So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Season summary

at Kentucky

Rex Robinson kicked a 29-yard field goal with three seconds left to win it for Georgia.

16 to 14, Kentucky, with 8 seconds! The stadium’s standing. Naw, some of ’em are upside down, but they’re trying to stand. It’s gonna be held just inside the 19. It’s set down, he puts it up, it looks good, watch it, watch it … yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! He kicked the whatchamacallit out of it!

Larry Munson, Georgia radio play-by-play announcer

Georgia Tech

Buck Belue's 42-yard pass to Amp Arnold and Arnold's two-point conversion put Georgia ahead with 2:24 left in the game.

References


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